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06-29-2006

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Hi prashant_kr2002,

Quote:

you can use the -u option which will update the existing archive and add new contents to it if doesn't exists.

Tks for your advice. I made following test to update a compressed backup tarball;

# tar jcupf FC5_64_20060629.tar.bz2 / --exclude=/proc --exclude=/home --exclude=/media --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp --exclude=lost+found --exclude=/FC5_64_20060629.tar.bz2

Code:

tar: You may not specify more than one `-Acdtrux' option
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

# tar jupf FC5_64_20060629.tar.bz2 / --exclude=/proc --exclude=/home --exclude=/media --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp --exclude=lost+found --exclude=/FC5_64_20060629.tar.bz2

Code:

tar: Cannot update compressed archives
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.

I can't resolve figuring out the correct syntax. Could you please shed me some light.

Besides how to read the the top level directories without decompressing the compressed tarball. The "t" option will read all files. TIA

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